Question

Tom walked into a shop . It had a sign outside ： "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said： "Two dollars."

"What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."

"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."

"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."

Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .

1.At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________ .

A.wanted to steal the trousers

B.wanted to sell the trousers

C.wanted to fool him

D.wanted to buy the trousers

2.The owner of the shop_______ for the old trousers .

A.would give Tom two dollars

B.would pay three dollars

C.would pay five dollars

D.would give Tom six dollars and a half

3.The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____ .

A.he wanted to sell them cheaply (廉价地)

B.he wanted to buy them cheaply

C.he didn't like the trousers

D.they were old and dirty

4.In fact, the trousers _________.

A.were hanging inside the shop

B.were stolen by Tom from the shop

C.had been the shop owner's

D.had been Tom's

5.From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.

A.the owner sold the trousers two dollars

B.Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C.the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D.Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

本文讲述了汤姆拿着一条旧裤子到一个旧货收购和出售店，问旧裤子多少钱，老板说最多值两美元。汤姆从口袋拿出两美元给老板，然后买走了老板挂在店子外面标价六美元多的裤子。

1.判断推理题。由文章得知，Tom拿着一条旧裤子，问老板裤子值多少钱，老板以为他是卖裤子，提出最多两美元，没想到Tom指的是老板挂在店子外面的裤子的价格。故此题选B，老板开始以为Tom是卖裤子。

2.细节理解题。根据第3段“"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."（这个人说：“不，它们只值两块钱”）”可知商店老板买那条旧裤子会给汤姆两美元；故选A。

3.判断推理题。老板刚开始以为Tom是来卖就裤子的，所以给出两美元的价格，所以此题选B，他想便宜地买那条裤子。

4.判断推理题。根据文章内容，Tom给了老板两美元说，“Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop.（这是你的钱，裤子就挂在你店子外面。）”可知“事实上，裤子是商店老板的。”故选C。

5.推理判断题。根据文章内容“The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half.（那个标价是六点五美元）”，而Tom实际给的是两美元，便宜了四点五美元，故选D。